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Anonymous Posted 7 years ago
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To seek an expert advice?
Is it correct to have 'an' in 'to seek an expert advice'?
It seems that mainly 'to seek expert advice' is used.
If eventually both expressions are correct, does the inclusion of 'an' give a slightly different meaning to the phrase in question?
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anonymous Is it correct to have 'an' in 'to seek an expert advice'? No. 'advice' is uncountable, so you can't have one of them.
- anonymous Is it correct to have 'an' in 'to seek an expert advice'?
- No.
- 'advice' is uncountable, so you can't have one of them.
- In other words it works the same as an uncountable noun like 'sand'.
- You can play in sand, but you can't play in a sand.
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anonymousIs it correct to have 'an' in 'to seek an expert advice'?
No. 'advice' is uncountable, so you can't have one of them.
In other words it works the same as an uncountable noun like 'sand'.
You can play in sand, but you can't play in a sand.
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anonymousto seek an expert advice'?
You can, but you must make one more change:
to seek an expert's advice
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